A study looking at whether veterinarians who work with cows have been unknowingly infected with H5N1 bird flu supports the ...

Lia Russell covers California’s governor for The Sacramento Bee’s Capitol Bureau. Originally from San Francisco, Lia previously worked for The Baltimore Sun and the Bangor Daily News in Maine. Rea ...

Winter highlights - TTD in Maine . The Pine Tree State is first and foremost a nature lover's paradise. Close to 90% of Maine is forest land, including 32 state par ...

If you want to see year-round color, you don't need to look further than your backyard. There are many native shrubs and ...

In February of 1952, Maine was hit by one of the biggest snowstorms ... made for fun with stories to last a lifetime. People found themselves shoveling tunnels through the snow rather than their ...

Vandals repeatedly broke locks on cigarette butt containers along the Ventura Beach Promenade, sometimes dumping out the ...

Packages of Lay’s potato chips sold in two states were recalled after it was found some products may contain milk as an undisclosed ingredient. Back in December, Frito-Lay issued a recall on 13 oz.

Maine state officials on Tuesday reported new cases of bird flu in wild birds and urged precautions to protect chickens and other domestic birds. Avian influenza has been detected in "four Canada ...

COURTESY STATE DEPARTMENT OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES A native bee—hylaeus connectens—sits on a native shrub kolomona (Senna gaudichaudii ) in Makolelau, an ahupuaa in East Molokai. A new, native ...

“It was there that I first noticed the distinctive markings on one of the bees. I immediately realized that I had found something new,” he said in the release. He called it “an exciting ...

The new species is named Hylaeus paumako in a nod to the Hawaiian word “paumākō,” which means grief or mourning, according to ...